Patient's question:
Female, 35 years old, my child was diagnosed with neonatal jaundice right after birth. Please ask: What is the treatment for high jaundice levels?Doctor's answer:
Generally, the data measured through transcutaneous methods should be below 10 (the specific values may vary slightly depending on the instrument). If blood is drawn to measure the level of bilirubin in the blood, the normal value is typically below 205 umol/L (12 mg/dL). For a normal infant aged 30 days, the total bilirubin normal range is 1.7 to 17.1 umol/L (0.1 to 1.0 mg/dL). Direct bilirubin is 0 to 6.8 umol/L (0 to 0.4 mg/dL). Indirect bilirubin is 1.7 to 10.2 umol/L (0.1 to 0.6 mg/dL). Urine tests are required to determine the actual level of bilirubin. This is because transcutaneous bilirubin measurements can be affected by the child's skin color and fat thickness. Transcutaneous bilirubin measurements are generally used to dynamically monitor changes in jaundice or roughly estimate the severity of jaundice.